Brenda Branswell: Kovalev, the reluctant retiree

Guy Carbonneau (left) and Chris Chelios, co-captains of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1989-90 season share a laugh prior to the start of an oldtimers hockey game at the Bell Centre in Montreal Sunday, March 24, 2013 between former NHL stars and former members of the Canadiens.

Photograph by: John Kenney
, The Gazette

Alex Kovalev’s retirement from the National Hockey League last week clearly didn’t unfold the way he would have scripted it.

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Guy Carbonneau (left) and Chris Chelios, co-captains of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1989-90 season share a laugh prior to the start of an oldtimers hockey game at the Bell Centre in Montreal Sunday, March 24, 2013 between former NHL stars and former members of the Canadiens.

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